Flame-snuffer for oil-lamp wicks.



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WILLIAM E. NEUMANN, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.

FLAME-SNUFFER FOR OIL-LAMP WICKS.

Application filed September 24, 1917.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. NEU- rmnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Michigan City, in the county of Laporte and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flame-Snufi'ers for Oil-Lamp Wicks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawino-s.

Plhis invention relates to an improved flame snuer for oil lamp wicks and has for its primary object to provide a very simple device which may be readily applied to the ordinary oil lamp burner and which will not only snuff or extinguish the flame, but will also trim the wick.

It is another and more particular object of the invention to provide a device of the above character embodying an attaching plate adapted to be secured upon the burner, a spring-held member pivoted on said plate and normally spaced from the wick, and operating means for said member to move the same and smother the flame, said inember having a cutting edge to trim the burned end of the wick.

It is also a further general object of my invention to provide a device for the above purpose which consists of relatively few parts of very simple form and which may, therefore, be manufactured at comparatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a lamp burner illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view; and

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the attaching plate and the pivoted flame extinguishing member.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown a burner indicated at 5, which is commonly employed upon the ordinary oil lamp, said burner having the usual perforated plate 6 with a central opening therein through which Athe wick tube 7 extends. A cap or cover 8 is hinged upon the burner plate and is provided with a slot therein through which the wick projects.

The present invention, in its preferred Specification of Letters Patent.

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embodiment, includes an attaching plate 9 having spaced openings through which the securing elements lO are disposed. These elements are preferably of bendable sheet metal and have separable shank portions adapted to ext-end through perforations in the burner plate to be bent in relatively opposite directions against the under side of said plate, as indicated in Fig. 1. Upon one edge of the attaching plate 9, the flame extinguishing member 12 is hinged, as shown at 11. This member consists of a sheet metal plate having end flanges 13 and a relatively wide, longitudinal llange 14 over which the terminals of the end flanges are angularly bent, as at 15, whereby said longitudinal flange is reinforced and lateral deflection or bending of the same prevented. This flange 11 has a sharpened cutting edge indicated at 16. One end of a coil spring 17 is attached to the pivoted flame extinguishinomember, the other end of said spring eing attached to the burner plate. 'lo one of the end flanges 13, a wire 18 is connected at one of its ends, said wire extending through an opening in the burner plate and having a pull chain 19 attached to its other end.

Normally, the member 12 is held in an inclined position in spaced relation to the wick tube, as shown in Fig. 1, by means of the coil spring 17. When it is desired to extinguish the flame, it is only necessary to pull downwardly on the chain 19, thereby moving the member 12 to a substantially vertical position and projecting the flange 15 thereof over the end of the wick, thus smothering and extinguishing the llame. The sharpened edge 16 of said flange cuts or trims the burned end of the Wick at the same time. Upon the release of the chain 19, the member 12 is returned to its normal position by the springs. It will thus be seen that I have devised a very simple and convenient attachment for oil burners, whereby the flame may be extinguished without removing the lamp chimney, and which will also keep the wick properly trimmed. The device may be readily attached to the ordinary oil lamp burner without necessitating any alterations whatever therein. In view of the relatively few parts comprising the attachment, and the simple form thereof, it is further apparent that the device can be produced at small manufacturing cost.

fhile I have herein shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the several elements of the device, it is to he understood that the saine are susceptible of considerable modification 'therein and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitiniate changes as may be fairly embodied Within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully ydescribed my invention, what I desire to elaiin and .secure by Letters Patent is:

A flanie extinguisher for lamp burners `comprising a plate adapted to be pivotally mounted upon the burner adjacent one side of the Wick tube and having angular flanges on its opposite ends and a relatively Wide/ flange on one of its longitudinal edges, said end flanges being bent over and upon the ends of the latter flange and said latter flange having its projecting longitudinal edge sharpened, and operating means connected to one of said end flanges.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of -twoW-itnesees.

J. J. lVA'rsoN, FRED C. NEUMAN.

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